Category Archives: News
Biomarker research: Differentiating ME and FM
Differentiating ME and FM Canadian researchers believe they have uncovered a way to tell the difference between people with ME, FM and both ME + FM. 11 miRNAs (microRNAs) are proposed as potential biomarkers. microRNA is the name of … Continue reading
#newWAMESwebsite fundraising challenge!
WAMES needs a new website The WAMES website has been showing its age for years so we are relieved to be in a position now in 2023 to be able to upgrade it. This won’t happen overnight as it … Continue reading
Research: Gut dysfunction found in ME/CFS
Gut bacteria could have answers for ME/CFS Two separate US studies have found significant differences in the gut microbiomes of people with ME/CFS compared to healthy people, although it was not possible to tell if they were a cause … Continue reading
Research: Endothelial dysfunction in ME/CFS
Endothelial dysfunction and vascular homestasis in ME/CFS A sub-study of the RituxME trial by Norwegian researchers found a problem in the blood vessels on the heart in a group of people with ME/CFS. Treatment with Rituximab caused a slight … Continue reading
Research: Gut symptoms in ME/CFS
Gastrointestinal symptoms in ME/CFS The RituxME study team in Bergen, Norway have turned their attention to the little studied topic of gut symptoms in ME/CFS. Key summary: Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in ME/CFS, but there is a knowledge … Continue reading
World ME day 2023 – theme: PEM
2023 World ME Day campaign announced From the World ME Alliance: The theme for World ME Day 2023 will be the hallmark symptom of ME: post-exertional malaise. The campaign is all about changing the narrative, so that globally people … Continue reading
Research: Transcriptomics: female ME/CFS patients responded differently to an exercise challenge
Disrupted immune signatures found in females with ME/CFS US researchers found that female ME/CFS patients responded differently to an exercise challenge that stimulates PEM, compared to healthy females. They studied the RNA molecules in the cells (transcriptomics). The ME/CFS … Continue reading
Treatment harms to patients with ME/CFS – GET & CBT
A review of treatment harms to patients with ME/CFS Psychologist and researcher Dr David F Marks believes that as there is growing evidence that ME/CFS and PASC have similar symptoms “it seems highly possible that the same therapeutic approaches will … Continue reading
Hypothesis: Cerebrospinal fluid pressure increase in CFS & FM
The role of increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure in CFS and FM Belgian researchers reviewed research literature to find characteristics signs that are shared with empty sella syndrome and suggest that moderate or intermittent increases in cerebrospinal fluid pressure are … Continue reading
#WAMES_800 fundraising target reached!
£800 raised will keep WAMES working during 2023 Grateful thanks goes to the Carmarthenshire ME Support Group for donating £100. This means we have reached our #WAMES_800 fundraising goal and we will be able to pay bills for running … Continue reading
